Christmas holiday Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl‚ which referred to the feast of the winter solstice. The corresponding terms in other languages—Navidad in Spanish‚ Natale in Italian‚ Noël in French—all probably denote nativity. The German word Weihnachten denotes “hallowed night.” Since the early 20th century‚ Christmas
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Explore afterlife beliefs in a variety of cultures and religions. What similarities and differences can you find in beliefs about an afterlife? Focus on either ancient or modern cultures. Compose a written report exploring and comparing these beliefs. Haiti & Ukrainian The similarities between Haiti and Ukrainian cultures are that they both believe and obey in Christianity. Haiti is famous for its popular religion‚ known to its practitioners as "serving the lwa” but referred to by the literature
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Martin Luther saw a need for reformation with the Catholic Church and took complete action. Throughout his life demonstrated many examples of the five solas; scripture alone‚ faith alone‚ grace alone‚ Christ alone‚ and for the glory of God alone. This shows how much he believes in standing up for God and doing things the way God would do them. He showed that he is a true follower of Jesus throughout his entire life and never once stopped defending God. Scripture is the one thing he will use to
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Religious Belief System REL/330 Religious Belief System A belief system is a system that is an opinion which determines how we interact with every aspect of out life. Your belief is something that is stored deep into your subconscious mind that will either give you the drive you need to succeed or tell you that it is ok to fail. Religion is a particular type of belief system‚ but not all belief systems are religion. Telling the difference
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The word “pastor” comes from a Latin word which means shepherd. The New Testament presents two offices that constitute church leadership—elder/overseer and deacon. Paul lists the qualifications for elder/overseer in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9. Notice that in the 1 Timothy passage‚ Paul refers to them as overseers (episcopos in the Greek) and in Titus he refers to them as elders (presbuteros in Greek). From this it can be concluded that there is one office with different designations. The word
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that helps us get a better understanding of a complex reality. Models of the Church are valid approaches to Catholicism that explain actions in faith. These include the model of Institution‚ Herald‚ Mystical Communion‚ Sacrament‚ and Servant. Each of these models explain definitions of Church and their goals and functions to justify their view of how the Catholic Church should behave. The first‚ Institution‚ defines Church as visible and palpable‚ lacking nothing and subordinate to no other. It describes
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Baptists‚ Protestant Christians who accept the basic doctrine of the 16th-century Reformation but have added other beliefs and practices‚ including baptism of believers by immersion only‚ the separation of Church and state‚ and the autonomy of the local church. The Baptists are important for their emphasis on these and other beliefs and for their numbers. The history of the Baptist Church is traced to the early days of the Protestant Reformation-specifically‚ the division of the Reformation. John
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Ethics-there are absolute rights and wrongs Deontological – Actions are intrinsically wrong or right regardless of the state of affairs that action brings about. The end does not justify the means Emphasis on actions‚ not situations Begins with basic question of our purpose in life- the readings from pope john paul Teleological- From “telos” or “end” an emphasis on the end or “object” of two things -Human life in General and each individual act -Begins with actions‚ not consequenses -Some
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September 2012 Lingberg and Duffy have a different look on The Medieval Church in the middle Ages. Unfortunately though‚ the church is often regarded as the capital of corruption‚ evil‚ and worldliness. An overview of the crisis concerned with farming‚ famine and the Black Death. I thought Lindberg was more persuasive than Duffy because of how he thought about farming‚ famine and the Black Death. As the Medieval church did offer many opportunities for ordinary people‚ makes us think they did
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